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CARRIAGE RUNNING GEAR.

No. 417,317. Patented Dec. 17, 18879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAFREN M. FITCH, OF ROME, NElV-YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MOSES M.DAVIS, OF SAME PLACE.

CARRIAGE RUNNING-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 417,317, dated December17, 1889.

Application filed October 2, 1889. Serial No. 325,794. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAUREN M. FITCH, of Rome, in the county of Oneidaand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Carriage Running- Gear; andI do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in carriage or buggy springs andrunning-gears, and particular features of construction.

In the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, andin which similar letters and figures of reference refer to like parts inthe several figures, Figure 1 shows a perspective top view of thesprings and running gear. Fig. 2 shows an edge view of the same. Fig. 3shows a central section of the front axle-tree and cap and bolster-barand a cross-section of the same and top view of a clip shown therein.Fig. 3 shows an edge view of what I term a modified form of constructionof the Y-shaped head-piece of the spring-braces. Fig. 4: shows a top,edge, and bottom View of a supporterpiece. Fig. 5 shows a modiliedformof the de- "ice shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 shows atop view of the Y-shapedhead-piece. Fig. 7 shows a top view of part shown in Fig. 3".

Referring more specifically to the referencenumerals of the drawings, 1indicates the rear axle, 2 the forward axle, and S the frontbolster-bar.

3 3 are the main supporting-springs, clipped or secured to the rear axleand to the front bolster-bar8. Pieces at are provided, secured to theunder side of springs 3 by clips 5 or other suitable means. Pieces 4:are oonstructed as right-s and lefts and are provided with a projection6, which extends inside of the springs 23, upon which the body (notshown) rests, and to which it is secured. Pieces 4 are also provided ontheir under sides with a projecting lug 7. Pieces 4. are secured to thesprings substantially in the middle. Rear spring brace and draw bars 9are provided, clipped or otherwise suitably secured to the rear axlenear the wheel-bearing, and pass to the lugs 7, secured on the underside of the spring, and preferably to the outside of the lug, where theyterminate in an eye. Front spring brace and draw bars 10 extend from thelug 7, and preferably the inside thereof, to the Y-sha-ped head'piece1], and are secured thereto by bolts passing through the overlappingends of each, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or by an eye upon the barand ears upon each branch of the Y-shaped head-piece, and a bolt passingthrough both, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7. The lug 7 upon the piece 4 ispreferably at an angle to the line of the spring, so that the bars 9 and10 will fit nicely thereto without binding. Bars 9 and 10 are secured tothe lug 7 by a bolt 12, passing through the eye on the end of each, anda hole in the lug.

A bar 13 is provided, passing from spring to spring and secured to eachspring 3 by a clip or other suitable contrivance. The bar 13, inconnection with projections 6, supports the body; or I dispense with thebar 13 and use the supporter-piece shown in Fig t, in which case thebody rests upon projections 6 and 14 and is bolted thereto.

The axle-cap is indicated by 16 and moves with axle 2.

15 is a clip which secures the bolster-bar 8 to the front axle, the twoarms of which pass through openings-ct and Z; of the Y-shapedhead-piece, and are provided with screwthreads and a nut above and onebelow the Y- shaped head-piece. Clip 15 may also be provided with acentral prong, which passes through the bolster-bar, the friction-platesbetween the bo1ster-bar and axle-cap, the axle, and the opening athrough the Y-shaped headpiece, and furnishes a pivot for the turning ofaxle and axle-cap between the bolster-bar and Y-shaped headpiece.

It is evident that other changes and modifications from those mentionedmay be made in the construction without departing from principles orequivalents of my invention.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a running-gear, the combination of the rear and front axles, thepivoted bolster-bar, the pair of supporting-springs secured at one endto the rear axle and at each other to the bolster-bar, thesupporting-piece secured to the under side of the central portion ofeach of the springs, and having a downwardly projecting perforated eardirectly underthe spring, and the inwardly-extending projection adaptedto support the body, and the draw or brace bars secured to the rear axleadjacent to the wheel-bearing and extending to and pivoted to the ear,and the forward draw or brace bars pivoted to the ear and extending toand pivoted centrally to the front axle, substantially as set forth.

2. In a running-gear, the combination of the rear and front axles, thebolster-bar pivoted to the front axle, the supporting-springs secured atone end to the rear axle and at the other to the bolster-bar, the bodysupp0rter-piece secured to the middle portion of each spring on theunder side and having a projecting portion extending inwardly andadapted to support the vehicle-body, and having a downwardly-projectingperforated lug directly under the springs and at an angle to the springand substantially in line with aline drawn from the rear axle adjacentto the wheel-bearing to the central portion of the front axle, thebrace-bars secured to the rear axle adjacent to the whee1-bearing andextending to and pivoted to the lug, and the brace-bars extending fromthe lugs to and pivoted to the central portion of the front axle-tree,substantially asset forth.

3. The combination, in a running-gear, of the front and rear axles, thebolster-bar pivoted to the front axle, the supporting-springs extendingfrom the rear axle to the bolsterbar and secured to each, theindependent piece secured to the middle portion of each of the springshaving a downwardly-projecting perforated lug directly under the springat an angle to the spring and substantially in line with a line drawnfrom the rear axle adjacent to the wheel-bearing to the central portionof the front axle, the brace-bar secured to the rear axle adjacent tothe Wheelbearing and extending to one side of the perforated lug, thebrace-bar extending from the lug to the central portion of the frontaxletree and pivoted thereto, and the bolt passing through perforationsor eyes in the ends of the brace-bars and the perforation in the lug,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in a running-gear, of the front and rear axles, thebolster-bar pivoted to the front axle, the body-supporting springsextending from the rear axle to the front bolster-bar and secured toeach, the supporter-pieces secured to the under side and middle portionof the springs having an inwardly-extending projection adapted tosupport the body, and the downwardly-projecting perforated lug directlyunder the spring and at an acute angle to the spring and substantiallyin line with a line drawn from the rear axle adjacent to the wheel--bearing to the middle portion of the front axle, the brace-bars securedto the rear axle adjacent to the wheel-bearing and extending to the lugon the under side of the spring, the Y-shapcd head-piece 11, the clip15, spanning the front bolster-bar and axle and secured to the Y-shapedpiece 11 thereto, and the brace-bars extending from the lug on the underside of the spring to the Y-shaped headpiece and secured thereto, andthe bolts 12, passing through eyes in the end of the bracerods and theperforation in the lug on the under side of the spring, combined andused substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

LAUREN M. FITCH. Witnesses:

' J. S. BAKER,

J. P. GUBBINs.

